LOT 3092
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. 138-161 A.D.
Rome mint; struck AD 151-152. IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head to right / TR POT XV COS IIII, Fortuna standing facing, head to right, holding rudder on globe with right hand and cornucopia with left; S C across fields. RIC III 888; Cohen 958; BMCRE 1885. Near Very Fine.(25.45gr, 32mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Ticinum mint; struck AD 278. 4th emission; 1st officina. VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate bust to left, seen from behind, holding square shield and spear / VIRTVS AVG, Mars advancing to right, holding transverse spear with left hand and trophy on right shoulder; PXXT in exergue. RIC V.2 - (cf. 430 var.); probuscoins.fr 2276. 3.57gr, 23mm, 6h
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare bust type.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Maximianus BI Nummus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
London mint; struck AD 301-305. IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia. RIC VI 25; C&T 3.01.13; RML 59. 10.49gr, 27mm, 6h
Extremely Fine. Rare.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 293-296.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
'C' mint; struck 295-296. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, galley to left, with five rowers, mast and cabin, no waves below; QC below. RIC V 128; Rogiet 1041; Burnett, Coinage 215. 2.74gr, 19mm, 6h
Near Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
